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Occurs from northwest India through to south east China, a tuberous aroid that sometimes grows epiphytically and in moss and leaf litter. I grow it in a loose
peaty compost, but it is very sensitive to wet at low temperatures. At the end of the season it produces tiny tubers along the stems. Plants of the World Online says: "The native range of this species is Himalaya to China (Yunnan). It is a tuberous geophyte or epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome." I got it from Paul Christian and his catalogue says: "This has smaller leaves that cluster together, these have a red tinge to them on both the upper and lower surfaces (stronger coloured below) and as they are pale yellow-green when they first emerge so they produce something of a sympathetically-colouredn tropical-rainbow effect. They certainly look very exotic and are quite excellent teamed with other species for a patio plant. The flower spathes in this species whilst not conspicuous and not unattractive are cream rather than yellow with a very long spathe extension." |
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| 31st August 2008 | ||
